Sukta 19
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Prajāpati, Dhātṛ, Puṣṭipati (personified nourishment)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (approximate)
この一頌から成るパウスティカ（増益）讃歌は、プラジャーパティとダーターの生成力と安定化の力を集め、確かに「据え置かれ」、善き心性を備えた子孫を得ることを願う。さらに家の結束――親族が「和合し、同じ心で、同じ胎／同じ起源をもつ」こと――を求め、最後にプシュティパティが施主を中心として持続的な繁栄と増大を授けることを祈って結ぶ。
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Frequently Asked Questions
It is a Paustika hymn used to obtain and stabilize offspring, and to secure harmonious, one-minded unity within the household along with sustained nourishment and prosperity.
They represent a complete chain of wellbeing: Prajāpati generates progeny, Dhātṛ ‘sets’ and sustains what is generated, and Puṣṭipati supplies the nourishing increase that lets the family thrive.
No specific herb or amulet is mandated by the single verse. Practitioners may symbolically support puṣṭi with simple nourishing food (milk/ghee/anna), but the primary ‘substance’ is the invoked power of nourishment itself.
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